Mitamura Midori (Tokyo-based artist) ArtBlog 1. Zilvinas Kempinas Kunsthalle Wien (2008.10.31 – 2009.1.25) 2. Verner Panton Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery (2009.10.17 – 12.27) 3. Rebecca Horn: Rebellion in Silence – Dialogue between Raven and Whale Museum of Contemporary Art TokyoView More >
Contemporary Japanese Photography vol.8 Voyage: Views of the world by Japanese photographers 12.19 – 2010.2.7 Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (Ebisu) Momose Toshiya Calcutta 2008 Ishikawa Naoki From Mt. Fuji series 2008 Delivery, pilgrimage, pioneering, exploration, sightseeing…. Voyages have long been an inseparableView More >
12.4 – 26 Radi-um von Roentgenwerke AG (Bakurocho) http://roentgenwerke.com HUNCH-1000190.mephisto 2009 Urethane, acrylic, FRP, φ135xD13.5cm HUNCH-2001190.mephisto2009 Urethane, acrylic, FRP, φ135xD13.5cm HUNCH-1000190.mephisto (detail), 2009 HUNCH-3002190.mephisto 2009 Urethane, acrylic, FRP, φ30xD3cm ART iT ArtBlogs: Kanno Sakan
Pompidou Center reopens on 17 December for the first time since 23 November (New York Times) http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/17/pompidou-center-reopens/ Sotheby’s, Christie’s contemporary-art sales totals drop 75%. (Bloomberg) http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aAMthW5Uj.h4 British Museum and Tate expand focus on Middle East. (The Art Newspaper) http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/British-Museum-and-Tate-expand-focus-on-Middle-East/19848
■Event Bijutsuken (INU) is a rather loosely active body of artists and critics orgainzed to think about art and its doctrines. For their fourth event they’ve planned a symposium titled ‘Art/Society/Revolution’, a realistic exchange among the panelists touching upon aView More >
Ukawa Naohiro (CREAM competition juror) Hachiya Kazuhiko (Participating artist) Sumitomo Fumihiko (Director of the Festival) Anyone can create their own video and watch all manner of video in this ‘media art paradise’ of recent years, a paradise in which suchView More >
Sarah McCrory appointed as curator of Frieze Projects (Art Review） http://www.artreview.com/profiles/blog/show?id=1474022%3ABlogPost%3A924605 Steve McQueen directs Fela, a feature film based on the life of African musician and activist Fela Anikulapo Kuti. (Artforum） http://www.artforum.com/news/#news24370 New Prize Created by Victor Pinchuk Honors ArtistsView More >
Yoshitomo Nara – Customized Trek TT Speed Concept http://www.trekbikes.com/au/en/stages/nara/ The global art exhibition launched by seven-time consecutive winner of the Tour de France, Lance Armstrong, and Nike pit stops in Miami to coincide with the contemporary art fair. Over twentyView More >
Zhu Weibing, Ji Wenyu: People holding flowers (detail) 2007 APT6, the sixth triennial devoted to Asian-Pacific contemporary art, kicks off in Brisbane tomorrow, 5 December. Among the many events slated for opening weekend are artist talks Subodh Gupta and SawaView More >
In response to a call by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) for submissions on the screening of programs by the Government Revitalization Unit formed in September to eliminate wasteful public spending, the Japan Center, PacificView More >
One of four conversations forming the second semester program of the Tokyo Art School lecture series questioning needs in Tokyo today from multi-perspectives including art, design, and architecture. On Saturday 12 December, freelance writer and ART iT ArtBlogger Andrew MaerkleView More >
11.3 – 1.11 Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art Silence hones the senses. John Cage’s performance 4’33” (1952) – in which four minutes and 33 seconds of silence, save extraneous sounds within the venue, transpired from the time the performerView More >